SPAM-LOW: Re: was tune-up routine? now lifters

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter TheScirocco)]

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> 
> AFAIK, manufacturers DO still make cars with solid lifters. Don't have a list handy, but off the top of my head, I believe the Toyota 1zz and 2zz 4cyl (also used by Lotus in the Elise) are solid lifter. I think also I saw something about checking valve shims in the manual for my Nissan Titan...
> 
> Neal

What a sweet engine that is, a 1.8L 16V w/solid lifters, that makes 180/190hp for a 2000 pound car.

That would  make a great swap into another under 2000 LB car, the Mk.1 Scirocco.

What makes the Toyota 1.8 16V make so much more power?
It's probably from being able to tune it with the latest available fuel injection systems and variablevalve timing..

Peter.   


> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: LEF <rocco16@sbcglobal.net>
> To: Chris <open.seas@verizon.net>; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:12:02 PM
> Subject: was tune-up routine? now lifters
> 
> While this may have been true forty years ago, modern (and we can consider the '80's VW heads to be modern) hydraulic lifters are the equal of solids in any category you might want to choose.
>   There are good reasons that no automaker puts solid lifters in their automobiles today.
> 
> If you like the sound of clattering lifters, you must love the graunch of self-machining transmissions and the snapping/clicking of wasted CV joints.
> 
> larry
> sandiego16v
>   The only reason to use a hydraulic head is because there was no choice, 
>   it came that way, or the user is a wuss. Real men and women prefer solid 
>   things.